 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) categorically rejects the anti-refugee agitation, the tightening of asylum laws and the stepping up of the powers of the security authorities dominating public life in Germany in the week before the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia. The courageous rebellion of striking Dakkota parts workers, who defied an unprecedented four sellout agreements, is in danger of being shut down and betrayed as the UAW is threatening workers with a fifth vote on the same agreement. Fearing a new outbreak of workers' anger that could escape their control, the American rail unions are unveiling pro-company agreements before the current contract expires at the end of the year. Four Palestinians were killed when an Israeli missile struck the lead vehicle of an aid convoy organized by the non-profit American Near East Refugee Aid to bring critical supplies to a hospital in Rafah. In her first sit-down interview as nominee, Harris staked an even more genocidal position than the current president and refused to place any conditions on weapon shipments to Israel. This report introduced the discussion and vote on the resolution "Free Bogdan Syrotiuk", which was passed unanimously by the delegates of the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US). CUPE's leadership is supporting and seeking to enforce a right-wing, state-supported witch hunt vilifying Fred Hahn, the president of the union's Ontario division, as an "antisemite" for his opposition to Israel's imperialist-backed genocide in Gaza. A group of faculty and staff at New York University (NYU) in Manhattan has announced its intention to withhold administrative tasks for the fall semester until the university ceases its attacks on free speech on campus. The rapidly deepening joblessness crisis is a product of deliberate policies of the ruling elite to make the working class bear the brunt of the crisis of capitalism. While seeking to restore strained relations with Beijing, the Fiji regime remains a key collaborator with the US-led drive to war against China in the Pacific. The following brief reviews will examine three hip-hop albums that were released in the past few months and received critical notice. Ahead of the state elections taking place on Sunday in the eastern German states of Thuringia and Saxony, a team from the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) intervened in Eisenach on Wednesday and spoke to workers, young people and pensioners about a socialist perspective in the fight against war, social devastation and the rise of the far right. India: Tamil Nadu tea plantation workers protest job losses; Indonesian motorcycle taxi drivers strike over low pay; Australia: Schindler Lifts workers strike in Queensland There has been almost no reporting of the case in the British press, much less comment about the appalling treatment the Tamils have endured at the hands of the British government. The average energy bill will increase 10 percent this quarter. The means-testing of the Winter Fuel Allowance will cut payments to roughly 10 million pensioners with an income higher than a pitifully low £12,000 a year. About the WSWS The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. Find out more about joining the Socialist Equality Party.
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